Re: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?

[John Hall <jhall@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If the language is true free-format then a statement delimiter IS
needed.

The other option is to use the record as the statement delimiter and use
a continuation character when you need to span multiple lines.

I prefer the ';' but others may not.  It can be abused to cram code
together but sometimes it may make more sense

ex:

  a=0;  b=0;  c=0;  d=0;   // reset counters

John Hall




"Stone, Brad V (TC)" wrote:
> 
> Richard,
> 
> Why is the semicolon needed?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Jackson [mailto:richardjackson@richardjackson.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 6:57 AM
> > To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: RE: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?
> >
> >
> > The semicolon is needed and so is the GOTO.
> >
> > Richard Jackson
> > Richard Jackson and Associates Ltd.
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